Opinion: Corrupt Trump Makes $1.1 Million an Hour by Grifting the American People

Photo: The UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with President Trump in the Oval Office on March 18, 2025. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy in U.A.E. via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Ralph Nader. Common Dreams – August 15, 2026.

To House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer—Your responses on July 1, 2026 on the reporting of the $2.2 billion profit personally reaped by President Donald Trump, while allegedly a public servant in 2025, was not specific enough. Jeffries (NY) wrote on his social media account: “Donald Trump made more than $2 billion during his first year as President. Republicans are enriching themselves while making your life more expensive. We must crush the culture of corruption.” […]

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